Bill Ackman, the activist investor who took on Chipotle in 2016, revealed Tuesday afternoon that he has turned his attention to the biggest coffee chain in the world. Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, has taken a roughly $900 million stake in Starbucks. Ackman unveiled the 15 million-share position—a roughly 1.1% stake—at Grant’s Interest Rate … Continue reading Activist Investor Bill Ackman Takes $900 Million Stake In Starbucks – Maggie McGrath
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ICO Global Investors – Professional Support As You Participate Within Global Shift to Digital Currencies
https://youtu.be/8pwyxHJeVw0 Aside from your normal day job or start a new career trading digital currencies – even if you don’t have any prior experience or you’ve never touched a mouse or computer! We can take care of that for you we have all trainings and tools to show you how you can start buying, trading … Continue reading ICO Global Investors – Professional Support As You Participate Within Global Shift to Digital Currencies
Ivory Tower In The Cloud: Inside 2U, The $4.7 Billion Startup That Brings Top Schools To Your Laptop – Antoine Gara
In 2014, when Douglas Shackelford was named dean of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, his most important strategic initiative was clear. UNC was a top-tier public university, but its B-school, barely in the top 20, was on a mission to greatly expand its enrollment without spending much cash. “Our traditional revenue sources were changing, and not … Continue reading Ivory Tower In The Cloud: Inside 2U, The $4.7 Billion Startup That Brings Top Schools To Your Laptop – Antoine Gara
Why You’re Not Investing Enough – Donna Divenuto-Ball
In June, we asked readers to tell us what’s keeping them from investing more... or investing at all. As illustrated in this week’s chart, almost 28% feel like they’re investing what they can. But a whopping 43% either don’t know where to start investing... or won’t invest for fear of losing money. The remaining 30% or so … Continue reading Why You’re Not Investing Enough – Donna Divenuto-Ball
How Top Financial Advisors Are Using Behavioral Science To Rethink Your Investments – Halah Touryalai & Ashlea Ebeling
When a longtime client announced she wanted to buy a million-dollar vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard within the next ten years for cash, financial advisor Lori Van Dusen didn’t flinch. The woman and her husband, then both fiftysomething surgeons, were already socking away enough to maintain their lifestyle in retirement. And Van Dusen, founder of … Continue reading How Top Financial Advisors Are Using Behavioral Science To Rethink Your Investments – Halah Touryalai & Ashlea Ebeling
America’s Real Economy: It Isn’t Booming – Peter Georgescu
Ostensibly, for the past ten years, US economy has been recovering from the 2008 collapse. During the past few years, our comeback seems to have gained momentum. All the official indicators say we’re back in boom times, with a bull market, low unemployment and steady job growth. But there is an alternative set of data … Continue reading America’s Real Economy: It Isn’t Booming – Peter Georgescu
The 10 Biggest Inventory Shrinkage Mistakes You can Easily Avoid – Michael Guta
Inventory shrinkage took a heavy toll on American retailers last year, amounting to US$45.2 billion in lost revenue, a recent survey report indicates. Researchers attributed most of that to the usual suspects. Shoplifting, organized retail crime and employee theft accounted for about three-quarters of inventory shrinkage, most heavily impacting the grocery and apparel sectors. While … Continue reading The 10 Biggest Inventory Shrinkage Mistakes You can Easily Avoid – Michael Guta
Why Major Cryptocurrency Investors Are Betting Heavily Against Ethereum – Jeff Kauflin
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency platform in the world, has seen its currency plummet 36% this year. But some major crypto investors think it has more room to fall, and they're betting aggressively against it. New York-based Tetras Capital, a crypto hedge fund that launched last summer and is known for in-depth analyses of cryptocurrency prices, … Continue reading Why Major Cryptocurrency Investors Are Betting Heavily Against Ethereum – Jeff Kauflin
The 50 Largest Public Companies Exploring Blockchain – Michael del Castillo
There’s more than one way to gain exposure to blockchain innovation. Beyond buying over-the-counter products or investing directly in blockchain startups some of the largest public companies in the world are already dabbling in the tech. In fact, a closer look at this year’s Forbes Global 2000 list of the largest public companies in the … Continue reading The 50 Largest Public Companies Exploring Blockchain – Michael del Castillo
Stock Market Vs. Real Estate: The Right Approach For Passive Income Investors
For new and hopeful passive investors, most of the accessible information on the topic of the stock market versus real estate presents widely varying opinions and tends to over complicate things by assuming you have a solid education in both fields. Rather than feeling informed, this type of guidance tends to leave you in a … Continue reading Stock Market Vs. Real Estate: The Right Approach For Passive Income Investors